I am OK with this. He’s the leader of the largest economy in the world. Ebola can easily be carried without obvious symptoms. Ebola is killing hundreds in the countries where these leaders are visiting from.

Probably more about their entourages than the leaders themselves. It’s not entirely unimaginable that some sleeper agent staffer might intentionally contract it right before the trip and then cough in Obama’s face, or cough in his own boss’ face hoping for a wet handshake to take place later on. It does sound more like a spy movie plot than real life, but people have done stranger things.

You may not know this but you and I live in a world where the Presidents feces are collected and treated as classified material. The health of the President is a matter of national security. The White House is self-contained. When not at the White House the President poops in a Presidential port-o-let and the feces are collected and disposed of in a secure manner.

If Mr. Obama had AIDS the foreign leaders would have little to fear unless the summit involved shooting heroin or butt seks*. If Mr Obama had dengue… well I refer you to the feces thing… someone would know.

On the other hand, leaders of a foreign power from a region undergoing an outbreak of a deadly, infectious disease for which there is no cure. Yea we might want to let common sense override decorum.

Brilliant infographic from Kai Krause (perhaps the Kai Krause?) to combat rampant ‘immappancy’ (Now corrected for map projection errors by marauding carto-nerds – thanks Manuela Schmidt) I would perhaps twin it with these: See the image on its own...

Well, what you think is not accurate. i suggest you not work with Ebola paitents as you would be worried about the wrong things.

From what I understand the primary vector in transmission to healthcare workers has been through removal of contaminated protective gear, after basically. yes, swimming in feces, blood, and vomit for a dozen hours at a stretch, and not doing the gear removal perfectly enough.

12 hours. You ever worn level A containment? I have. Wearing it all day… that’s exhausting on top of the mental toll.